Fade to Black (1980) on Netflix
R19801h 42mComedyDramaHorrorThriller
Eric Binford, a film addict, works in a warehouse for a Los Angeles movie distributor. Bullied by coworkers and family, he fixates on Marilyn O'Connor, a model who resembles Marilyn Monroe.
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Eric Binford is a chain-smoking young man who spends his nights watching old movies and his days working in a warehouse for a Los Angeles film distributor. His coworkers and family bully him over his encyclopedic knowledge of film. Then he meets Marilyn O'Connor, an Australian model who looks like Marilyn Monroe, and she becomes the focus of his cinematic desires. When she unintentionally stands him up on their first date, his obsession turns into psychosis, and he starts impersonating the classic film characters he knows in a campaign against the people who have tormented him.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Fade to Black (1980)
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- In late December 1980, the U.S. Film Office of Northbrook, Illinois, and William Boyd Enterprises of Beverly Hills, California sued Fade to Black for copyright infringement over unauthorized clips from the Hopalong Cassidy films. The suit alleged the portrayal showed Boyd and his character 'contempt and ridicule' and sought an injunction to remove the film from theaters.
- Actress Gwynne Gilford was pregnant during the production and gave birth after it ended to future movie star Chris Pine.
- Yablans rewrote the screenplay for Australian actress Linda Kerridge after meeting her at a party a year earlier, because she looked like Marilyn Monroe; she co-starred in the film and later fell into obscurity.
